On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 12:58:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 2:41:17 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 8:32:05 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> > Here's the real time stuff from Snopes
>> >
>> > http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/13/kel...rowave-spying/
>> >
>> > Janet US
>>
>> The modern world is kinda scary for most of the posters on this newsgroup. How interesting is that? Very!
>
>I'm a computer programmer. The modern world is not scary just because
>it's modern. I know all too well how porous security systems are.
>I don't need my refrigerator talking to my cell phone. I consider it
>to be "inadvisably applied technology".
>
>Cindy Hamilton

I felt the avast email was making that point and I totally agree.
Several years ago people had the 'if you're not doing anything
wrong...' attitude and see where that has got us! "inadvisably
applied technology' describes it to a T.